Bellevue Palace, Kassel

The Palais Bellevue in Kassel was built in 1714 at the instigation of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse -Kassel. As an architect applies Paul du Ry. Originally it served as an observatory, and later it became part of the ( now destroyed ) Bellevue Castle. Long here the urban Brothers Grimm Museum was housed.

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History

Observatory

1714 Landgrave Karl at the southwestern end of the Baroque Kassel Oberneustadt built in a prominent position above the Karlsaue an observatory. It solved the astronomical facilities of Landgrave Wilhelm IV from the City Palace. The outer shape of the building corresponded roughly to today's appearance, only the roof shape substantially deviated. Instead of today's mansard roof was uppermost a cross-shaped flat roofed building with round openings in the telescopes. Next to the palace since 1709 there was a new observatory on the Zwehrenturm, a former city gate. Later, the Ottoneum took over the function of an observatory.

Schloss Bellevue

The Palais Bellevue was inhabited by people of the court at an early stage. It was followed by several changes of ownership even in the first half of the 18th century, the palace fell back again and again to the Landgrave. Together with the neighboring princely palace of the road " Beautiful view" ( then called " Bellevue " ) it grew together Bellevue Castle in the 18th century. It served various members of the royal family as a residence; particularly Landgrave Wilhelm IX. used it intensively. He had it put in 1790 by Simon Louis du Ry in its present state. After 1811, under French rule, the old city palace was burned, Jerome Bonaparte had the castle by his architect Auguste Henri Victor Grandjean de Montigny rebuilt and used it until his expulsion as a royal residence. The Palais Bellevue survived the Second World War almost unscathed while the rest of the castle was badly damaged; its debris was completely cleared after the war. Until 1956, the palace remained in the possession of the House of Hesse, which sold it to the city of Kassel. From the former palace garden today is still the breakfast pavilion received.

Current usage

From 1956 to 1970 in the building, the Municipal Art Collection was housed until 1972 moved the Brothers Grimm Museum. It shares the space with the Louis Spohr memorial. Until 1999, it served also the German Music History Archive and the central editorial office of the International Inventory of Musical Sources. The Grimm Museum was since 2006 in many parts no longer available to the public, since significant structural defects for blocking the upper floors led. 2009, the permanent closure of the building.

Architecture

The appearance of the Palais Bellevue has hardly changed since the renovation work by Simon Loius du Ry in the late 18th century. The five-axis front corresponds essentially to the origin of the baroque building. The neo-classical interior design is almost completely unchanged. Noteworthy is the Rococo Stuckierungen are in a hall of the first floor. The three-winged staircase has a circularly emporschraubendes skein railing. From the three-wing outbuildings formerly adjoining a wing on the long side of the historical garden has been preserved. Recently, the facade was restored, with the subtle shine structuring of SL du Ry was lost. The installation of an elevator brought the loss of historic buildings. In the summer of 2007, the historic doors have been replaced by modern inside fire doors, as the tourist use of the building could not be reconciled with the applicable fire safety regulations.

Rehabilitation

The Palais Bellevue is one of the last historic building in the city of Kassel, which in its entirety a historic structure and equipment has, which has been preserved in all parts!

In 2010, restoration work began. There are currently no other use concept for the Palais. On the second floor and the attic offices and living spaces are to be created, bringing the past architectural remains of the observatory of the early 18th century are up for grabs. The last remaining side wings on the garden side to be extended to more than one window axes in order to gain additional space. This would obscured much of the eastern facade of the main building. The art theorist Paul Schultze -Naumburg performs just this by rebuilding affected urban situation of the palace as an example of a particularly successful spatial planning to.

" The fact that the lateral building far back occurs here behind the escape road, the corner building to a final prospectus for the street and therefore visible in a far higher degree [ ... ]. "